Playing against the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, Galiev ripped a one-timer past goaltender Jeff Deslauriers glove side. Thanks to that first period power play marker, Hershey beat the Baby Pens 3-2 in overtime despite being badly outshot.

“Gally, that was one of the reasons why we brought him back up here was to help our power play,” Hershey Bears head coach Mike Haviland told The Patriot-News’ Tim Leone after the game. “He certainly can shoot it. But I thought he played a good game, the kid. He’s competing. That’s what we’re asking him to do, and he has to do that in his career right now. The offensive side of it has always been a plus for him, but he needs to compete on every shift at 5-on-5.”

Galiev, who dominated in juniors (QMJHL), has always received a lot of attention from scouts and prospects sites for his above-average finishing ability. For example, before making his professional debut last season, Galiev was rated #29 overall on the Hockey Prospectus Top 100 Prospects list. Instead of sticking in Hershey last season, however, Galiev spent most of the season in the East Coast Hockey League’s Reading Royals working on his systems play. While there, he averaged a point-per-game (47 points in 46 games). He was also was a key player in the Royals’ championship run in the playoffs.

After scoring five goals and having eight assists in the Royals’ first 14 games, Galiev earned a promotion to Hershey again. He has two points in three games.

The Caps system, which has a few high-end forward prospects like Evgeny Kuznetsov, Riley Barber, and Andre Burakovsky, could have its depth bolstered tremendously by Galiev if the Russian prospect can find his comfort level at five-on-five.

Hopefully, this goal is the beginning of bigger and better things for Stas this season.